Topic summary
⁠18%2 analyzed articles/videos1,455 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Council Legislation results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.1% saturation with 935 hits. Analysis detected 3,000 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,820 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠25% (18,590 of 24,564 topics). This City Council Legislation is better (less manipulative) than 75.70% of the peer group.
City Council Legislation
Topic details
Total words: 5,820
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510024.3% percentile
1.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.4%6.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.1%16.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Red Herring: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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